Close Margins in Oral Cancers: Implication of Close Margin Status in Recurrence and Survival of pT1N0 and pT2N0 Oral Cancers

Table 5

Multivariate logistic regression model in predicting the recurrence in the sample with close and clear margin status.

Factors	Total sample	Locoregional recurrence   (%)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	value
Tobacco use
Yes	60	5 (8.3)	0.88 (0.18, 4.28)	0.876
No	44	5 (11.4)	1.00
HPE diagnosis
WDSCC	73	4 (5.5)	1.00
MDSCC	31	6 (19.4)	4.21 (0.89, 19.93)	0.070
Margin status
Clear	36	2 (5.6)	1.00
Close	68	8 (11.8)	1.24 (0.22, 6.91)	0.810
Perineural invasion
Absent	100	9 (9.0)	1.00
Present	4	1 (25.0)	1.76 (0.10, 31.02)	0.696
T stage
T1	54	2 (3.7)	1.00
T2	50	8 (16.0)	5.41 (0.99, 29.36)	0.050

OR: odds ratio (95% CI: 95% confidence interval).